#ene

Remember this above all else: Never, ever appear like you once were, not to anyone. You have entered a new phase, but you must forgive yourself to enter. And you have to remember new lessons of restraint, for they will always apply. You are now always your own private garden. You are now always the only one responsible for nourishing the soil and replenishing the seed. You alone tend you, you alone water. This is what I say for the tending of the sweet, resplendent places. - Waiting: Instructions in Texts and Pictures ↗

— Meg Sefton

#fiction #short-stories #forgiveness

When it comes to men, women will insist that a lunge in their direction is not always welcome, and yet they cannot forgive a man who does not even attempt a sexual pursuit. Strange creatures, aren't they? ↗

— Dave Franklin

#forgiveness

The perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception. ↗

— John Rucyahana

#genocide #questionings #rwanda #forgiveness

How could he possibly bow deeply enough to honor a thousand-year-old samurai queen? ↗

— Nadia Scrieva

#respect #samurai #forgiveness

In Despite Of Sadness Don't Let It Conquer Ur Heart But Let Forgiveness and Acceptance Do And Happiness Will Reign Over You ↗

— Ronaldo David Jr.

#forgiveness

I need to hear the words of this book—its truth, forgiveness, hope—as much as anybody.” Nathaniel looked up with an apologetic smile. “I know I’m no great orator. But I ask you to bear with me as I fumble through this new duty. ↗

— Julie Klassen

#fairbourne-hall #nathaniel-upchurchiel #forgiveness

I want hard stories, I demand them from myself. Hard stories are worth the difficulty. It seems to me the only way I have forgiven anything, understood anything, is through that process of opening up to my own terror and pain and reexamining it, re-creating it in the story, and making it something different, making it meaningful - even if the meaning is only in the act of the telling. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

#understanding #writing #forgiveness

Prominent Christians in Constantine's time waited to be baptized until their deathbeds lest they commit a "major"sin that couldn't be forgiven of those already baptized. Others felt anyone who did anything to avoid martyrdom were apostates had no valid subsequent ministry. ↗

— Thomas F. Madden

#forgiveness #forgiveness

«Mewar, my Priestess, speak,» said the creature marvelously disturbing. «Vueno, my Goddess, forgive me if I disturbed you, but I think you need to be informed.» «I'm listening.» Mewar didn't raise her head. «My Goddess, is here. Now. At the Palace.» «Are you sure?» «I could never be wrong. Hurrichein is with her.» «And so the Heir is out of the closet.» ↗

— Chiara Cilli

#forgiveness

«You're late, Prince,» admonished the woman. Galadir tried quickly to process an excuse, but all he could say was: «Forgive me, I was ... retained.» «From the blankets?» ↗

— Chiara Cilli

#forgiveness